Fort Cobb, Oklahoma Supercell Time-Lapse

An incredible time-lapse sequence of the Fort Cobb, OK supercell from April 3, 2003. This footage has been included in a number of tornado/weather documentaries. Although the storm never did produce a funnel or tornado, it did produce grapefruit sized hail!

Please visit the following link to view photographs from this day as well as a chase summary:

http://www.mcgrathimages.com/Gallery/Collections/Meteorology/StormChasing/200...

FYI - the song is "La Femme D'Argent" by the French group Air.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• supercell
• mesocyclone
• time-lapse
• storm
• chasing
• hail
• oklahoma
• severe
• weather
• tornado
• alley

[ThaBlkDahliaMerdersU]

i like the elevator music lmfao

[MsPurple222]

holy shit its gonna come out of my screen and eat me! lol

and there is blue sky behind it.

freaky...

[CaptnHampton22]

finally a real supercell!

[rjl1184]

@lakeerie90s

Not a super cell will produce Tornado. A storm has to have the right conditions to produce a Tornado. In most cases, warm moist air from the gulf, cool dry air from the mountains, and favorable upperlevel winds. The time a day does also play a factor. Most Tornatic storms occur from as early as 2-3pm to as late as 1-2am. The more heat and humidity, the better the chances.

[M1M1M1nty]

@ThaBlkDahliaMerdersU elevator music!? It's air, an awesome band.

[MSLTUL]

I will turn 50 in Feb next year (2012) and I've enjoyed weather since I was a kid (living in Tulsa, Oklahoma), but it has only been within the past couple of months that I've discovered timelapse is invaluable when it comes to clearly seeing the spin.

[lakeerie90s]

any idea why this one didn't produce a tornado (only thing I can think of is that it was too late in the day, or it lacking rear flank downdraft).

[firststormseason2011]

nice LP!!

[julienmauricemort]

is that the wall cloud?